Chapter 15: The Prince's Mansion Prominence (I)

Author: Gao Yue

Chapter 15: The Prince's Mansion Prominence (I)

The Sining Prince's Mansion is the original Ning Prince's Mansion. It is located in Yongxingfang south of the Daming Palace. It is the settlement of the royal family. It was originally in Xingqingfang, called the Five Kings House. It was during the reign of Wu Zetian.

After Li Longji ascended the throne, he moved to Yongxingfang, which was renamed the Ten Kings House, and later called the Sixteen Kings House. There were more and more princes and grandchildren, and there were not enough to live in. He built the Hundred Grand Courtyard in Xingningfang to the south.

Of course, the royal family lived together to facilitate surveillance. Emperor Li Longji came to power through coups. How could he give others another chance?

The largest mansion is the Ning Prince's Mansion where Emperor Li Xian lived. Li Xian has passed away. His son Li Lin was named King Sining and inherited the Ning Prince's Mansion.

Li Xian was naturally forced by his brother Li Longji's strength and had to give up the throne. Even his father was forced to abdicate, let alone him.

Li Longji was also good to this elder brother who gave up the throne. Except for the power that could not be given to him, he gave him all other glory and wealth.

In order to reassure your brothers of governing the country, Li Xian tried his best to eat, drink and have fun, but he ended up becoming a super fat man. He had a cerebral infarction as soon as he reached middle age.

Sining King Li Lin also inherited his father's life-saving skills and was obsessed with literature, music and polo. However, the Ning King Polo team he raised was ranked in the league in the 10th place. Li Bai, He Zhizhang and other wine fairies were frequent visitors to his mansion. Young poets such as Du Fu and Wang Wei, who were named after the young mansion, were often invited to his mansion for banquets.

This time the polo match between the two housekeepers was just a small episode. It was so small that even Li Lin was too lazy to participate. He really had no interest in letting a confidant old eunuch go as a witness.

If he hadn't wanted to maintain the rules in the mansion, he would have followed the princess' advice and directly let Hu Jing be the chief manager, how could there be any polo game?

At this time, the old eunuch Wang Shouzhong reported: "Prince, Hu Jing said that the foreign aid he hired had not trained with his servants and could not cooperate, so he begged to change it to Wensai."

Li Lin took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Wensai is OK. I have suggested that they were Wensai before, but they refused."

"Then the old slave changed it!"

"Go! Wait a minute, who is the foreign aid Hu Jing invites?"

"It's the Little Dragon, the number one black baller, and it did not violate the prince's rules."

Li Lin didn't care about this so-called black baller ranking first. He often went to the palace to compete with two top polo players in the Tang Dynasty. In his opinion, this little flying dragon was like an ant and was not worth mentioning.

Li Lin asked casually again: "Who is the foreign aid Qiao Xingzhong invited?"

"Yes..." The old eunuch wanted to speak but stopped.

Seeing him hesitating, Li Lin was slightly stunned, "What, isn't it hard to say? Or did he hire a white ball player in violation of regulations?"

"None of them, it's just that the old slave is undecided. Should this person be allowed to participate?"

Li Lin laughed, "Who did he hire? It made you so embarrassed?"

"Report to the prince, he is a fourteen-year-old boy, a child from Yonghefang."

Li Lin was stunned for a moment, "Fourteen years old, Yonghefang?"

Although Yonghefang and Yongxingfang, where the royal palace are located, are only one word different from the two extremes of Chang'an City, one is the noble royal settlement, and the other is the famous slum in Chang'an.

Li Lin knew that Yonghefang was a house where poor people lived, but he had never been there and had no feelings in his heart. However, the fourteen-year-old boy made him a little curious.

Li Lin pondered for a moment and said lightly: "As long as you don't violate the rules, you are allowed to participate!"

"Old slave obeys the order!"

Wang Shouzhong went down, and Li Lin said to herself again, "A 14-year-old boy? Only fourteen years old!"

His interest was finally aroused.

Li Ye was shocked by the magnificence and size of the Ning Palace. The palace covers an area of ​​150 acres, with majestic halls, dense buildings, brackets, eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, and every corner is extremely exquisite.

There is even a small lake of twenty acres, and there is a small island in the lake. The island is a Guanyin Pavilion, which enshrines a gilded Guanyin that is ten feet tall.

There are various pavilions and towers along the lakeside. The lake is beautiful and beautiful. Of course, there are also vast grasslands for the princess’s family to ride horses and play.

Li Ye was envious of the Qiao family's house before, but at this time he understood what kind of luxurious life the powerful people of the Tang Dynasty lived.

The polo court is located on the east side of the palace and covers an area of ​​about twenty acres, which is part of the grassland.

There is a three-story stand next to the polo court. The top is where the prince Li Lin, the princess and wives and concubines watch the game. The next floor is where the eunuchs and palace maids stand. They must be in a very close place to serve the prince and princess.

The next floor is the seats of the guests. The so-called guests are mainly guests, painters, musicians and poloists raised by the prince.

But today the third floor stands were empty, with only a few polo players and more than a hundred kids standing outside the court to watch the game.

Li Ye wore a royal blue warrior uniform and fine linen material, which was particularly gentle and comfortable to wear on his body.

His family does not have such clothes. It was prepared by Qiao's mansion for him. If he does not participate in the martial arts competition, he will not wear protective armor.

Qiao Xingzhong found an opportunity to explain to Li Ye: "I just got the news that it is Wensai today, so I will trouble my nephew to play. The opponent is Xiao Feilong. How much does my nephew know about him?"

Li Ye shook his head, "I know nothing except knowing that he is the number one in the blacklist."

"My nephew must not have a psychological burden, and don't be intimidated by this so-called first place in the blacklist. That just means that he has participated in many games, and it is also considered a competition with those students. Real masters disdain for such low-level games. Little Feilong's actual polo skills may not be higher than those of nephew."

"Thank you, Uncle Shi, to help me, I will do my best to perform to the highest level."

"Please be sure to defeat him!"

Qiao Xingzhong bowed deeply to Li Ye, "The fate of our whole family is entrusted to our nephew."

Li Ye smiled bitterly in his heart. He just said that he would not have psychological burdens, but now he tried his best to put pressure on himself.

Of course, Li Ye also understood that this Uncle Qiao Shi was not deliberately putting pressure on him, but that he was too nervous and worried.

At this moment, a dissatisfied shout suddenly came from the distance, "What do you mean? Let me compete with a little furry child. I can't afford to lose this face. Please ask Gao Ming!"

Needless to say, this must be the little flying dragon on the blacklist.

Li Ye quickly glanced at Qiao Xingzhong next to him, and saw a hint of joy on his face. Li Ye immediately understood that Qiao Xingzhong was probably looking forward to the little flying dragon abandoning the competition, so that he could win without a fight.

Li Ye suddenly felt that this Uncle Qiao Shi was also very scheming!

"This person is quite arrogant and deserves to be the first in the blacklist!"

The people who spoke were several polo players next to him. They were white ball players of Ningwangfu polo team, real professional polo player, and ranked 13th in the Datang Polo League last year.

The other man curled his lips, "Can he call the word Feilong?"

Li Ye just learned that the top polo players in the Tang Dynasty were one named Feilong and the other named Liefeng.

The nickname of Little Feilong is obviously to take advantage of other people's aura. It is a very stupid and offensive approach. Your name is Little Feilong. What are those hundreds of white ball players?

"Where is this place? Chang'an East City? Who has the loudest voice?"

Several white ball players said something and devalued the little flying dragon to nothing.

Perhaps because he was warned, the little flying dragon stopped shouting. This was the Ning Prince's Mansion. No matter how he disliked his opponent, he had to pinch his nose and accept it.

At this moment, there was a slight commotion and someone shouted, "Ah! The prince and the princess are here!"

When Li Ye turned around, he saw a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, as well as more than a dozen guards from the house, surrounded by the owners of the palace: Li Lin, King Sining and the princess.

Everyone was surprised that the prince would actually come to this little competition that could not be on the table. Could it be because of the little flying dragon?

Du Fu was very glorious when he was young. Look at the first sentence he wrote "Feeling Li Guinian in Jiangnan" and it is common to find it in the house of King Qi.

Who is Li Guinian, the world's number one musician.

Who is King Qi? Li Fan, the brother of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Li Longji.

Since it is common, it means that he often visits the Qi Palace, which shows his scenery.

But he was not lucky, had traveled for too long, and had not passed the imperial examination several times, so his future was delayed.

(End of this chapter)
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